Falcons GM's plea to TE Gonzalez: Don't retire

Summary of 3 articles · Updated Jan 31, 2013

Gonzalez said late in the season he was 95 percent sure he would retire. I don’t think that’s something the Falcons really want to do. As Yasinskas points out, the Falcons are going to have some work to do to keep their passing game at optimal efficiency … (more)if Gonzalez is deleted from the roster so you can bet Dimitroff and others will be hammering away at Gonzalez until he tells them that he’s 100 percent retired. He even moved that figure up to 97 percent after the Falcons won a playoff game against Seattle. Dimitroff said that it doesn’t seem like time to move on when you’re catching more than 100 passes playoffs included even if your age says that it is time to contemplate the next stage in your career.

Falcons lobbying Tony Gonzalez for one more year

Tight end Tony Gonzalez’s chances of retiring were up to 97 percent by the end of the season, but the Falcons are making sure that three percent doesn’t go away without being contemplated in full. General Manager Thomas Dimitroff said that he is makin